definition of
consume

[1] #1 consume v. [devour, down, go through] eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal". wn

[2] #2 consume v. [ingest, take in, take, have] serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee". wn

[3] #3 consume v. [squander, waste, ware] spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not". wn

[4] #4 consume v. destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building". wn

[5] #5 consume v. [eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out] use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week". wn